I’M NOT WITH THE BAND: A WRITER’S LIFE LOST IN MUSIC
Book ID/图书代码： 12865019C00001
English Summary/英文概要： This is a three-decade survivor’s tale ... a scenic search for elusive human happiness through music, magazines, silly jokes, stupid shoes, useless blokes, hopeless homes, booze, drugs, love, loss, A&E, death, disillusion and hope - while trying to make Prince laugh, startle Beyoncé, cheer Eminem up, annoy Madonna, drink with Shaun Ryder and finish off Westlife forever (with varying degrees of success).
In 1986, Sylvia Patterson boarded a train to London armed with a tea-chest full of vinyl records, a peroxide quiff and a dream: to write about music, for ever. She got her wish.
Escaping a troubled home, Sylvia embarks on a lifelong quest to discover The Meaning of It All. The problem is she’s mostly hanging out with flaky pop stars, rock ’n’ roll heroes and unreliable hip-hop legends. As she encounters music’s biggest names, she is confronted by glamour and tragedy; wisdom and lunacy; drink, drugs and disaster. And Bros.
Here is Madonna in her Earth Mother phase, flinging her hands up in horror at one of Sylv’s Very Stupid Questions. Prince compliments her shoes while Eminem threatens to kill her. She shares fruit with Johnny Cash, make-up with Amy Winehouse and several pints with the Manics’ lost soul-man Richey Edwards. She finds the Beckhams fragrant in LA, a Gallagher madferrit in her living room and Shaun Ryder and Bez as you’d expect, in Jamaica.
From the 80s to the present day, I’m Not with the Band is a funny, barmy, utterly gripping chronicle of the last thirty years in music and beyond. It is also the story of one woman’s wayward search for love, peace and a wonderful life. And whether, or not, she found them.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一个30年的幸存者的故事……寻找难以捉摸的人类幸福，通过一系列东西：音乐，杂志，愚蠢的笑话，愚蠢的鞋子，没用的家伙，绝望的房屋，酒精，毒品，爱，损失，急诊室中，死亡，幻灭和希望，而试图让王子笑，惊吓碧昂斯，阿姆快乐，惹恼麦当娜，和肖恩•赖德饮酒，西城男孩的结束，永远(不同程度的成功)。
1986年，西尔维亚•帕特森坐上了一列开往伦敦的火车。她带着一个装满黑胶唱片的茶柜，一个双氧水硬发和梦想:永远写音乐。她实现了自己的愿望。
西尔维亚逃离了一个问题重重的家庭，开始了毕生的探索，去发现这一切的意义。问题是，她经常和一些不靠谱的流行歌星、摇滚英雄以及靠不住的嘻哈传奇人物混在一起。当她遇到音乐界的名人，她面临着魅力和悲剧;智慧和精神失常;酗酒、吸毒和灾难。和兄弟。
这是处于地球母亲阶段的麦当娜，面对西尔弗提出的一个非常愚蠢的问题，她惊恐地举起双手。王子称赞她的鞋子，而埃米纳姆威胁要杀了她。她与约翰尼•卡什分享水果，与艾米•怀恩豪斯化妆，与《狂躁》中失去灵魂的里奇•爱德华兹一起喝了几品脱。她发现贝克汉姆一家在洛杉矶很有魅力，加拉格尔•马弗里特一家在她的客厅，肖恩•赖德和贝茨一家在牙买加也很有魅力。
从80年代到现在，《我不是乐队成员》是一部有趣、滑稽、扣人心弦的编年史，记录了过去30年及以后的音乐。它也讲述了一个女人任性地寻找爱、和平和美好生活的故事。她是否找到了它们。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：无情滑稽的回忆录……在这本扣人心弦、层次丰富的书中，关于超级巨星的各种各样的描述只是众多线索中的一个。
这本非常有趣，充满人性的回忆录……《我不是乐队成员》，这最终是一件令人高兴的事(星期日泰晤士报)
这真是太滑稽了——有几次我笑得都快喘不过气来了(芭芭拉•艾伦，观察者)
[A] mercilessly funny memoir...the riotous superstar profiles are only one of several threads in this gripping and multi-layered book (Mark Ellen Mail on Sunday)
This very funny, glowingly humane memoir . . . I’m Not With The Band is, ultimately, a thing of joy (Sunday Times)
It’s absolutely hilarious - there were times I could barely breathe because I was laughing so hard (Barbara Ellen Observer)
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